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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-ethylmaleimide%20sensitive%20fusion%20protein | N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor, also known as NSF or N-ethylmaleimide sensitive fusion proteins, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the NSF gene.
Function
NSF is a homohexameric AAA ATPase involved in membrane fusion. NSF is ubiquitously found in the membrane of eukaryotic cells. It is a central component... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rao%E2%80%93Blackwell%20theorem | In statistics, the Rao–Blackwell theorem, sometimes referred to as the Rao–Blackwell–Kolmogorov theorem, is a result which characterizes the transformation of an arbitrarily crude estimator into an estimator that is optimal by the mean-squared-error criterion or any of a variety of similar criteria.
The Rao–Blackwell ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maven%20%28Scrabble%29 | Maven is an artificial intelligence Scrabble player, created by Brian Sheppard. It has been used in official licensed Hasbro Scrabble games.
Algorithms
Game phases
Maven's gameplay is sub-divided into three phases: The "mid-game" phase, the "pre-endgame" phase, and the "endgame" phase.
The "mid-game" phase lasts fro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight%20loss | Weight loss, in the context of medicine, health, or physical fitness, refers to a reduction of the total body mass, by a mean loss of fluid, body fat (adipose tissue), or lean mass (namely bone mineral deposits, muscle, tendon, and other connective tissue). Weight loss can either occur unintentionally because of malnou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20seep | A cold seep (sometimes called a cold vent) is an area of the ocean floor where hydrogen sulfide, methane and other hydrocarbon-rich fluid seepage occurs, often in the form of a brine pool. Cold does not mean that the temperature of the seepage is lower than that of the surrounding sea water. On the contrary, its temper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive%20Schwarz%20method | In mathematics, the additive Schwarz method, named after Hermann Schwarz, solves a boundary value problem for a partial differential equation approximately by splitting it into boundary value problems on smaller domains and adding the results.
Overview
Partial differential equations (PDEs) are used in all sciences t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20airports%20in%20Japan | This is a list of airports in Japan, grouped by classification and sorted by location. As of February 2012, the country has a total of 98 airports, of which 28 are operated by the central government and 67 by local governments.
Airport classifications
In Japan, airports serving civil aviation routes are governed by th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCnwald%E2%80%93Letnikov%20derivative | In mathematics, the Grünwald–Letnikov derivative is a basic extension of the derivative in fractional calculus that allows one to take the derivative a non-integer number of times. It was introduced by Anton Karl Grünwald (1838–1920) from Prague, in 1867, and by Aleksey Vasilievich Letnikov (1837–1888) in Moscow in 186... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swap | Swap or SWAP may refer to:
Finance
Swap (finance), a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another
Barter
Science and technology
Swap (computer programming), exchanging two variables in the memory of a computer
Swap partition, a partition of a computer data storage ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoreceptor%20cell | A photoreceptor cell is a specialized type of neuroepithelial cell found in the retina that is capable of visual phototransduction. The great biological importance of photoreceptors is that they convert light (visible electromagnetic radiation) into signals that can stimulate biological processes. To be more specific,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTEN | PTEN may mean:
Prime Time Entertainment Network
PTEN (gene), a human tumour suppressor gene on chromosome 10 (and its protein: phosphatase and tensin homolog)
See also
Akt/PKB signaling pathway
Discovery and development of mTOR inhibitors
PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway
Akt inhibitor |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20T-lymphotropic%20virus%201 | Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 or human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I), also called the adult T-cell lymphoma virus type 1, is a retrovirus of the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) family.
Most people with HTLV-1 infection do not appear to develop health conditions that can be directly linked to the infection. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudal%20cell%20mass | In humans and other mammals, the caudal cell mass (also tail bud or caudal eminence in humans) is the aggregate of undifferentiated cells at the caudal end on the spine. The caudal end of the spinal cord first begins to form after primary neurulation has taken place, indicating that it develops after the cranial portio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaCC | JavaCC (Java Compiler Compiler) is an open-source parser generator and lexical analyzer generator written in the Java programming language.
JavaCC is similar to yacc in that it generates a parser from a formal grammar written in EBNF notation. Unlike yacc, however, JavaCC generates top-down parsers. JavaCC can resolve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Massachusetts | There are 114 colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that are listed under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. These institutions include fourteen research universities, twenty-one master's universities, and thirty-four special-focus institutions. Eighty-five of Mass... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Solomonoff | Ray Solomonoff (July 25, 1926 – December 7, 2009) was the inventor of algorithmic probability, his General Theory of Inductive Inference (also known as Universal Inductive Inference), and was a founder of algorithmic information theory. He was an originator of the branch of artificial intelligence based on machine lear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic%20probability | In algorithmic information theory, algorithmic probability, also known as Solomonoff probability, is a mathematical method of assigning a prior probability to a given observation. It was invented by Ray Solomonoff in the 1960s.
It is used in inductive inference theory and analyses of algorithms. In his general theory... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid%20Levin | Leonid Anatolievich Levin ( ; ; ; born November 2, 1948) is a Soviet-American mathematician and computer scientist.
He is known for his work in randomness in computing, algorithmic complexity and intractability, average-case complexity, foundations of mathematics and computer science, algorithmic probability, theory ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscreen%20wiper | A windscreen wiper (Commonwealth English) or windshield wiper (American English) is a device used to remove rain, snow, ice, washer fluid, water, or debris from a vehicle's front window. Almost all motor vehicles, including cars, trucks, buses, train locomotives, and watercraft with a cabin—and some aircraft—are equipp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20equations | This is a list of equations, by Wikipedia page under appropriate bands of their field.
Eponymous equations
The following equations are named after researchers who discovered them.
Mathematics
Cauchy–Riemann equations
Chapman–Kolmogorov equation
Maurer–Cartan equation
Pell's equation
Poisson's equation
Riccati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic%20complexity | Algorithmic complexity may refer to:
In algorithmic information theory, the complexity of a particular string in terms of all algorithms that generate it.
Solomonoff–Kolmogorov–Chaitin complexity, the most widely used such measure.
In computational complexity theory, although it would be a non-formal usage of the te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20flow%20problem | In optimization theory, maximum flow problems involve finding a feasible flow through a flow network that obtains the maximum possible flow rate.
The maximum flow problem can be seen as a special case of more complex network flow problems, such as the circulation problem. The maximum value of an s-t flow (i.e., flow f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stibnite | Stibnite, sometimes called antimonite, is a sulfide mineral with the formula Sb2S3. This soft grey material crystallizes in an orthorhombic space group. It is the most important source for the metalloid antimony. The name is derived from the Greek στίβι stibi through the Latin stibium as the former name for the minera... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth%20aircraft | Stealth aircraft are designed to avoid detection using a variety of technologies that reduce reflection/emission of radar, infrared, visible light, radio frequency (RF) spectrum, and audio, collectively known as stealth technology. The F-117 Nighthawk was the first operational aircraft explicitly designed around stealt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic | Dramatic may refer to:
Drama, a literary form involving parts for actors
Dramatic, a voice type classification in European classical music, describing a specific vocal weight and range at the lower end of a given voice part
Dramatic soprano, a strong voice which can be heard over an orchestra
Dramatic (album), an ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20equation | In mathematics, an algebraic equation or polynomial equation is an equation of the form , where P is a polynomial with coefficients in some field, often the field of the rational numbers.
For example, is an algebraic equation with integer coefficients and
is a multivariate polynomial equation over the rationals.
For... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematics-based%20methods | This is a list of mathematics-based methods.
Adams' method (differential equations)
Akra–Bazzi method (asymptotic analysis)
Bisection method (root finding)
Brent's method (root finding)
Condorcet method (voting systems)
Coombs' method (voting systems)
Copeland's method (voting systems)
Crank–Nicolson method (numerical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauer%20group | In mathematics, the Brauer group of a field K is an abelian group whose elements are Morita equivalence classes of central simple algebras over K, with addition given by the tensor product of algebras. It was defined by the algebraist Richard Brauer.
The Brauer group arose out of attempts to classify division algebras... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebbian%20theory | Hebbian theory is a neuropsychological theory claiming that an increase in synaptic efficacy arises from a presynaptic cell's repeated and persistent stimulation of a postsynaptic cell. It is an attempt to explain synaptic plasticity, the adaptation of brain neurons during the learning process. It was introduced by Don... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed%20and%20exact%20differential%20forms | In mathematics, especially vector calculus and differential topology, a closed form is a differential form α whose exterior derivative is zero (), and an exact form is a differential form, α, that is the exterior derivative of another differential form β. Thus, an exact form is in the image of d, and a closed form is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thulite | Thulite (sometimes called rosaline) is a translucent, crystalline or massive pink manganese-bearing variety of the mineral zoisite. Manganese substitutes for calcium in the structure with up to two percent Mn2+. Thulite is often mottled with white calcite and occurs as veins and fracture fillings transecting many types... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian%20statistics | Bayesian statistics ( or ) is a theory in the field of statistics based on the Bayesian interpretation of probability where probability expresses a degree of belief in an event. The degree of belief may be based on prior knowledge about the event, such as the results of previous experiments, or on personal beliefs ab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis%20of%20covariance | Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is a general linear model which blends ANOVA and regression. ANCOVA evaluates whether the means of a dependent variable (DV) are equal across levels of one or more categorical independent variables (IV) and across one or more continuous variables. For example, the categorical variable(s)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20National%20Institute%20of%20Statistics | The Italian National Institute of Statistics (; Istat) is the primary source of official statistics in Italy. The institute conducts a variety of activities, including the census of population, economic censuses, and numerous social, economic, and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is the largest producer of sta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomonoff%27s%20theory%20of%20inductive%20inference | Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference is a mathematical theory of induction introduced by Ray Solomonoff, based on probability theory and theoretical computer science. In essence, Solomonoff's induction derives the posterior probability of any computable theory, given a sequence of observed data. This posterior pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKS%20primality%20test | The AKS primality test (also known as Agrawal–Kayal–Saxena primality test and cyclotomic AKS test) is a deterministic primality-proving algorithm created and published by Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena, computer scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, on August 6, 2002, in an article ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20complexity | In theoretical computer science, the time complexity is the computational complexity that describes the amount of computer time it takes to run an algorithm. Time complexity is commonly estimated by counting the number of elementary operations performed by the algorithm, supposing that each elementary operation takes a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCT | PCT, P.C.T. or pct may refer to:
Math, science and technology
pct, an abbreviation for "%" (percentage)
PCT theorem, on parity, charge and time inversions
Perceptual control theory, a model of behavior
Personal Communication Telephone, a mobile telephone service
Polychlorinated terphenyl, an industrial chemical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%27s%20disease | Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was frequently accompanied by high blood pressure and heart disease.
Signs and symptoms
The symptoms an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminol | Luminol (C8H7N3O2) is a chemical that exhibits chemiluminescence, with a blue glow, when mixed with an appropriate oxidizing agent. Luminol is a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents, but insoluble in water.
Forensic investigators use luminol to detect trace amounts of b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll | Plimsoll may refer to:
Plimsoll (surname)
The plimsoll symbol (⦵ or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate a specific arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point ("standard state").
Plimsoll line or Plimsoll mark on a ship's hull, named after Samuel Plimsoll
Plimsoll shoe, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophage | A prophage is a bacteriophage (often shortened to "phage") genome that is integrated into the circular bacterial chromosome or exists as an extrachromosomal plasmid within the bacterial cell. Integration of prophages into the bacterial host is the characteristic step of the lysogenic cycle of temperate phages. Prophage... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete%20Fermi%E2%80%93Dirac%20integral | In mathematics, the complete Fermi–Dirac integral, named after Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac, for an index j is defined by
This equals
where is the polylogarithm.
Its derivative is
and this derivative relationship is used to define the Fermi-Dirac integral for nonpositive indices j. Differing notation for appear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygamma%20function | In mathematics, the polygamma function of order is a meromorphic function on the complex numbers defined as the th derivative of the logarithm of the gamma function:
Thus
holds where is the digamma function and is the gamma function. They are holomorphic on . At all the nonpositive integers these polygamma functi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digamma%20function | In mathematics, the digamma function is defined as the logarithmic derivative of the gamma function:
It is the first of the polygamma functions. This function is strictly increasing and strictly concave on , and it asymptotically behaves as
for large arguments () in the sector with some infinitesimally small positiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morera%27s%20theorem | In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, Morera's theorem, named after Giacinto Morera, gives an important criterion for proving that a function is holomorphic.
Morera's theorem states that a continuous, complex-valued function f defined on an open set D in the complex plane that satisfies
for every closed piec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaviside%27s%20dolphin | Heaviside's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is one of four dolphins in the genus Cephalorhynchus. The small cetacean is endemic to the Benguela ecosystem along the southwest coast of Africa.
Taxonomy and evolution
Nomenclature
Early in the 19th century, a specimen was caught off the Cape of Good Hope and brought... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grout | Grout is a dense fluid that hardens to fill gaps or used as reinforcement in existing structures. Grout is generally a mixture of water, cement, and sand, and is employed in pressure grouting, embedding rebar in masonry walls, connecting sections of precast concrete, filling voids, and sealing joints such as those bet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Theodore%20Roosevelt%20%28SSBN-600%29 | USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Initially unnamed and assigned hull classification symbol SSGN-600 as a guided missile submarine, her keel was laid down on 20 May 1958 by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard using ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidna%20Obmana | Vidna Obmana (stylized vidnaObmana on many album covers) is a pseudonym used by Belgian composer and ambient musician Dirk Serries. The name Vidna Obmana, a phrase in Serbian, literally translates to "optical illusion" and was chosen by Serries because he felt it accurately described the music. Serries created music un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20nitrite | Sodium nitrite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaNO2. It is a white to slightly yellowish crystalline powder that is very soluble in water and is hygroscopic. From an industrial perspective, it is the most important nitrite salt. It is a precursor to a variety of organic compounds, such as pharmaceut... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flicker%20fusion%20threshold | The flicker fusion threshold, also known as critical flicker frequency or flicker fusion rate, is the frequency at which a flickering light appears steady to the average human observer. It is concept studied in vision science, more specifically in the psychophysics of visual perception. A traditional term for "flicker ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implementation | Implementation is the realization of an application, execution of a plan, idea, model, design, specification, standard, algorithm, policy, or the administration or management of a process or objective.
Industry-specific definitions
Computer science
In computer science, an implementation is a realization of a technic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andres%20Serrano | Andres Serrano (born August 15, 1950) is an American photographer and artist. His work, often considered transgressive art, includes photos of corpses and uses feces and bodily fluids. His Piss Christ (1987) is a red-tinged photograph of a crucifix submerged in a glass container of what was purported to be the artist's... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic%20Doppler%20effect | The relativistic Doppler effect is the change in frequency, wavelength and amplitude of light, caused by the relative motion of the source and the observer (as in the classical Doppler effect), when taking into account effects described by the special theory of relativity.
The relativistic Doppler effect is different... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20probability%20topics | This is a list of probability topics.
It overlaps with the (alphabetical) list of statistical topics. There are also the outline of probability and catalog of articles in probability theory. For distributions, see List of probability distributions. For journals, see list of probability journals. For contributors to the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahler%27s%20theorem | In mathematics, Mahler's theorem, introduced by , expresses any continuous p-adic function as an infinite series of certain special polynomials. It is the p-adic counterpart to the Stone-Weierstrass theorem for continuous real-valued functions on a closed interval.
Statement
Let be the forward difference operator. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracer | Tracer may refer to:
Science
Flow tracer, any fluid property used to track fluid motion
Fluorescent tracer, a substance such as 2-NBDG containing a fluorophore that is used for tracking purposes
Histochemical tracer, a substance used for tracing purposes in histochemistry, the study of the composition of cells and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega%20constant | The omega constant is a mathematical constant defined as the unique real number that satisfies the equation
It is the value of , where is Lambert's function. The name is derived from the alternate name for Lambert's function, the omega function. The numerical value of is given by
.
.
Properties
Fixed point r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics%20Netherlands | Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands. In Dutch it is known as the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Central Agency for Statistics), often abbreviated to CBS. It is located in The Hague and Heerlen. Since 3 January 2004,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Story%20of%20Vernon%20and%20Irene%20Castle | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories My Husband and My Memories of Vernon Castle, by Irene Castle. The movie was adapted by Oscar Ham... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isothermal%20process | In thermodynamics, an isothermal process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the temperature T of a system remains constant: ΔT = 0. This typically occurs when a system is in contact with an outside thermal reservoir, and a change in the system occurs slowly enough to allow the system to be continuously adjuste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directive | Directive may refer to:
Directive (European Union), a legislative act of the European Union
Directive (programming), a computer language construct that specifies how a compiler should process input
"Directive" (poem), a poem by Robert Frost
Directive speech act, a particular kind of speech act which causes the hear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity%20equation | A continuity equation or transport equation is an equation that describes the transport of some quantity. It is particularly simple and powerful when applied to a conserved quantity, but it can be generalized to apply to any extensive quantity. Since mass, energy, momentum, electric charge and other natural quantities ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric%20standard%20deviation | In probability theory and statistics, the geometric standard deviation (GSD) describes how spread out are a set of numbers whose preferred average is the geometric mean. For such data, it may be preferred to the more usual standard deviation. Note that unlike the usual arithmetic standard deviation, the geometric stan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer%20programming | An integer programming problem is a mathematical optimization or feasibility program in which some or all of the variables are restricted to be integers. In many settings the term refers to integer linear programming (ILP), in which the objective function and the constraints (other than the integer constraints) are lin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth | Growth may refer to:
Biology
Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth
Bacterial growth
Cell growth
Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth
Human development (biology)
Plant growth
Secondary growth, growth that thickens woody plants
A tumor or other such neoplasm
Economics
Economic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brayton%20cycle | The Brayton cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the operation of certain heat engines that have air or some other gas as their working fluid. The original Brayton Ready Motor used a piston compressor and piston expander, but modern gas turbine engines and airbreathing jet engines also follow the Brayton cycl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymatics | Cymatics (from ) is a subset of modal vibrational phenomena. The term was coined by Swiss physician Hans Jenny (1904–1972). Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid. Different p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyamide | A polyamide is a polymer with repeating units linked by amide bonds.
Polyamides occur both naturally and artificially. Examples of naturally occurring polyamides are proteins, such as wool and silk. Artificially made polyamides can be made through step-growth polymerization or solid-phase synthesis yielding materials ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20type | A soil type is a taxonomic unit in soil science. All soils that share a certain set of well-defined properties form a distinctive soil type. Soil type is a technical term of soil classification, the science that deals with the systematic categorization of soils. Every soil of the world belongs to a certain soil type. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20Fibonacci%20sequence | In mathematics, the random Fibonacci sequence is a stochastic analogue of the Fibonacci sequence defined by the recurrence relation , where the signs + or − are chosen at random with equal probability , independently for different . By a theorem of Harry Kesten and Hillel Furstenberg, random recurrent sequences of this... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian%20and%20Tauberian%20theorems | In mathematics, Abelian and Tauberian theorems are theorems giving conditions for two methods of summing divergent series to give the same result, named after Niels Henrik Abel and Alfred Tauber. The original examples are Abel's theorem showing that if a series converges to some limit then its Abel sum is the same limi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20of%20second%20derivatives | In mathematics, the symmetry of second derivatives (also called the equality of mixed partials) refers to the possibility of interchanging the order of taking partial derivatives of a function
of variables without changing the result under certain conditions (see below). The symmetry is the assertion that the second-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRCA1 | Breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BRCA1 () gene. Orthologs are common in other vertebrate species, whereas invertebrate genomes may encode a more distantly related gene. BRCA1 is a human tumor suppressor gene (also known as a caretaker gene) and is responsible fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian%20matrix | In mathematics, the Hessian matrix, Hessian or (less commonly) Hesse matrix is a square matrix of second-order partial derivatives of a scalar-valued function, or scalar field. It describes the local curvature of a function of many variables. The Hessian matrix was developed in the 19th century by the German mathematic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%20aircraft%20carrier%20Minsk | Minsk () is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft cruiser in Russian classification) that served the Soviet Navy and the Russian Navy from 1978 to 1994. She was the second vessel to be built.
From 2000 to 2016 she was a theme park known as Minsk World in Shatoujiao, Yantian, Shenzhen, China.
In April 2016, Minsk was t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oct | Oct or OCT may refer to:
Biology and medicine
Optical coherence tomography, an imaging method
Organic cation transport protein, a type of protein
Optimal cutting temperature compound, used in histology
Oncology clinical trial, a clinical trial in cancer research
Oxytocin challenge test, a type of contraction str... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding%40home | Folding@home (FAH or F@h) is a distributed computing project aimed to help scientists develop new therapeutics for a variety of diseases by the means of simulating protein dynamics. This includes the process of protein folding and the movements of proteins, and is reliant on simulations run on volunteers' personal comp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincherle%20derivative | In mathematics, the Pincherle derivative of a linear operator on the vector space of polynomials in the variable x over a field is the commutator of with the multiplication by x in the algebra of endomorphisms . That is, is another linear operator
(for the origin of the notation, see the article on the adjoint ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20parameter | In statistics, as opposed to its general use in mathematics, a parameter is any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarizes or describes an aspect of the population, such as a mean or a standard deviation. If a population exactly follows a known and defined distribution, for example the normal distrib... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah%20sparrow | The Savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) is a small New World sparrow. It used to be the only member of the genus Passerculus and is now the only widely accepted member. Comparison of mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and 3 sequences indicates that the Ipswich sparrow, formerly usually considered a valid speci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcareous%20grassland | Calcareous grassland (or alkaline grassland) is an ecosystem associated with thin basic soil, such as that on chalk and limestone downland. Plants on calcareous grassland are typically short and hardy, and include grasses and herbs such as clover. Calcareous grassland is an important habitat for insects, particularly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment | Moment or Moments may refer to:
Science
Moment (mathematics), a concept in probability theory and statistics
Moment (physics), a combination of a physical quantity and a distance
Moment of force, torque
Time
Present time
An instant
Moment (unit), a medieval unit of time
Technology
Moment space surveillance co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruba%CA%BFi | A rubāʿī (; plural: ), or chahārgāna (), is a poem or a verse of a poem in Persian poetry (or its derivative in English and other languages) in the form of a quatrain, consisting of four lines (four hemistichs).
In classical Persian poetry, the ruba'i is written as a four-line (or two-couplet / two-distich) poem, with... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20cell%20carcinoma | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a kidney cancer that originates in the lining of the proximal convoluted tubule, a part of the very small tubes in the kidney that transport primary urine. RCC is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, responsible for approximately 90–95% of cases. RCC occurrence shows a male pre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtle%20warbler | The myrtle warbler (Setophaga coronata) is a small New World warbler. It is considered a subspecies of the yellow-rumped warbler and its own species by different classification societies. The myrtle warbler has a northerly and easterly distribution, with the Audubon's warbler further west. It breeds in much of Canada a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Kendrew | Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work at the Cavendish Laboratory to investigate the structure of haem-containing proteins.
Education and early... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isochoric%20process | In thermodynamics, an isochoric process, also called a constant-volume process, an isovolumetric process, or an isometric process, is a thermodynamic process during which the volume of the closed system undergoing such a process remains constant. An isochoric process is exemplified by the heating or the cooling of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobaric%20process | In thermodynamics, an isobaric process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the pressure of the system stays constant: ΔP = 0. The heat transferred to the system does work, but also changes the internal energy (U) of the system. This article uses the physics sign convention for work, where positive work is work... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia | Pre-eclampsia is a multi-system disorder specific to pregnancy, characterized by the onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine. When it arises, the condition begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy. In severe cases of the disease there may be red blood cell breakdown, a low blood pl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAL | EAL may refer to:
Education
Deutsche Schule Lissabon (Portuguese: ), a German school in Lisbon, Portugal
Science
EAL domain, a conserved protein domain
Ethanolamine ammonia-lyase
Echelle Atomique Libre (Free Atomic Scale), a time scale underlying International Atomic Time
Transportation
Ealing Broadway stati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Tukey | John Wilder Tukey (; June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American mathematician and statistician, best known for the development of the fast Fourier Transform (FFT) algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl%20District%2C%20Portland%2C%20Oregon | The Pearl District is an area of Portland, Oregon, formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry and railroad classification yards and now noted for its art galleries, upscale businesses and residences. The area has been undergoing significant urban renewal since the mid-1980s when it was reclassified as mixed use f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratory%20data%20analysis | In statistics, exploratory data analysis (EDA) is an approach of analyzing data sets to summarize their main characteristics, often using statistical graphics and other data visualization methods. A statistical model can be used or not, but primarily EDA is for seeing what the data can tell us beyond the formal modelin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-validation%20%28statistics%29 | Cross-validation, sometimes called rotation estimation or out-of-sample testing, is any of various similar model validation techniques for assessing how the results of a statistical analysis will generalize to an independent data set.
Cross-validation is a resampling method that uses different portions of the data to t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible%20process%20%28thermodynamics%29 | In thermodynamics, a reversible process is a process, involving a system and its surroundings, whose direction can be reversed by infinitesimal changes in some properties of the surroundings, such as pressure or temperature.
Throughout an entire reversible process, the system is in thermodynamic equilibrium, both phys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photodynamic%20therapy | Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a form of phototherapy involving light and a photosensitizing chemical substance, used in conjunction with molecular oxygen to elicit cell death (phototoxicity).
PDT is popularly used in treating acne. It is used clinically to treat a wide range of medical conditions, including wet age-r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20algorithms | The following timeline of algorithms outlines the development of algorithms (mainly "mathematical recipes") since their inception.
Medieval Period
Before – writing about "recipes" (on cooking, rituals, agriculture and other themes)
c. 1700–2000 BC – Egyptians develop earliest known algorithms for multiplying two num... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testing%20hypotheses%20suggested%20by%20the%20data | In statistics, hypotheses suggested by a given dataset, when tested with the same dataset that suggested them, are likely to be accepted even when they are not true. This is because circular reasoning (double dipping) would be involved: something seems true in the limited data set; therefore we hypothesize that it is ... |
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